I started cooking out of middle school depression.

Taking sartorial risks and not following other people is what makes you stand out.

Every seam, every lace, every bead has been painstakingly, with love, corrected, perfected and mastered.

I have so many fashion mistakes, but that's part of being in fashion. I think the people that you see make the most mistakes are usually the best dressers.

Elegance is timeless. It withstands trend; It withstands the commercialization of what fashion and style have become.

It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules.

Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.

Be non-trend-driven, and explore, be creative and take risks as an artist and as a cultural communicator.

People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.

The media is constantly redefining what luxury is. Luxury can be a dirty sock if dressed up in the right way.

Glamour can be something very simple. Glamour can be how you wash your face, how you make your breakfast.

Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.

Whoever imitates a people is one of them.

But afterwards, is there nothing more for me in life - no true home - nothing to be dearer to me than myself?

I think that the candidates who are doing it [not debating] are doing a great disservice to the party. It's a sign of an unhealthy institution.

I'm not beautiful; I clean up nice.

For every sin there is forgiveness, and especially for the sins of youth.

What about your school? It's defective, it's a pack of useless lies.

I don't know what type of music my son will want. By the time he starts listening to music, really, at like 15, 16, I'll probably have 10 albums out by that time.

She wore a wreath of roses, The night that first we met.

Realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.